Sentence examples for playing with replacement from inspiring English sources

Not wanting to be seen as "scabs" by the Major League Baseball Players Association, minor league players who felt they would play in MLB after the resolution of the strike felt pressure to avoid playing with replacement players, while career minor-leaguers were happy to get a taste of the major leagues.

But Condon is not the only person to express concern over safety in games being played with replacement referees.

Because the N.F.L. counts the results of those games, which were played with replacement players, Vital's statistics survive as well.

Edwards also said he was not concerned about the officiating at the game, which will be one of the first played with replacement officials.

The NFL has gone to war with the players to protect the game for the fans with difficult consequences before — in 1982 when the season had to be reduced to nine games and 1987 when it was reduced to 15 games with three of those played with replacement players.

England's Kenneth Ferrie led right at the start after racing to three under - something he did not expect playing with a replacement set of clubs after his own were lost en route to America.

When prospects including Nevin and Billy Wagner refused to play with the replacement players, Astros' general manager Bob Watson issued an ultimatum, saying anyone who refused to play in the team's first exhibition game would be sent out of camp until further notice and be held in breach of contract.

The ball is in the hands of Goodell and the owners, who are playing with the health of players with replacement officials and who would probably still add two regular-season games if they could.

Forward Brek Shea of FC Dallas and midfielder Sacha Kljestan of Huntington Beach, who is playing with the Belgian club Anderlecht, were selected as replacements.

Despite playing with a partly torn ligament since 2003, he has avoided ligament replacement surgery.

Eoin Morgan is certainly a huge loss, but with the experience he gained playing with the Dolphins in South Africa this winter Ravi Bopara could actually be a good replacement.